. >> i think when you have a united states ambassador, personally warning about the situation over there, sending this cable to your office -- >> well, if i could -- 1.43 million cables a year come to the state department, and they're all addressed to me. >> and then clinton offered a bit of candor when asked why u.n. ambassador susan rice made the sunday show rounds following the attack. >> why weren't you the person to be appear on the sunday shows immediately following the attack. ambassador susan rice said that you decline. was that correct? >> well, i have to confess here in public, going on the sunday shows is not my favorite thing to do. there are other things i'd prefer to do on sunday mornings. >> don't we know that here, and don't our friends at "meet the press" know this. but more seriously, when it comes to north africa, i was surprised yesterday to not hear questions going all the way back to the decision to push mubarak out, when you look at all of the domino effect, mubarak and gadhafi, talked about ben ali, all of that, the impact and what has happened since the sort of c